OK, I just got back from seeing TAWP. It may be the most incisive piece of political satire of this easily satirized political season. Yes, it is an equal oppurtunity event. But beneath the surface of fairness are moving tectonic forces of dirision pointed squarely at the right-wing, jingoistic, our way or the highway, foreign policy of the right. From the first scene where Paris is trashed in the process of 'getting' four terrorists to the ending shot of the TAWP flying into the distance to strains of the heavy-metal anthem, "America, Fuck Yea!!!" the movie never misses its mark.
Every jingoist, action film cliche of the last 20 years is completely lambasted in a non-stop, foul mouthed, no holds barred, no line uncrossed parody. I don't even have room or time to list them all, but here are a few choice items:
-an actor saves the world and surmounts the childhood grief of his brother being killed by gorillas
-TAWP is headquarted in Mt. Rushmore where they make their first entrance through Washington's open mouth w/ its outthrust landing strip
-the team is guided by a computer called I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. who has a voice from Dumb and Dumber
-the terrorist speak in a stream of fake Arabic jibberish liberally sprinkled w/ 'jihad','muhammed','allah', etc.
I've said enough and barely scratched the surface. If you want to laugh you butt off and escape some of the drear seriousness of this campaign season, you have to go see this movie.
No, this is not a paid announcement.
